tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post8966614316652269236..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: Tuesday I got tested for tuberculosis...phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-25008753727089228302009-03-30T06:39:00.000-05:002009-03-30T06:39:00.000-05:00My polio vaccine was oral, the Sabin version. Salk...My polio vaccine was oral, the Sabin version. Salk's was, I think, injected.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-79360552242524439492009-03-29T10:42:00.000-05:002009-03-29T10:42:00.000-05:00I thought the "round scars" were from smallpox vac...I thought the "round scars" were from smallpox vaccinations?<BR/>Lots of my friends have those, but I don't remember ever seeing anybody with a scar from a TB *test*.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-81993352103512678312009-03-28T22:57:00.000-05:002009-03-28T22:57:00.000-05:00I could never figure out how that eety-beety needl...I could never figure out how that eety-beety needle could hurt like a bastard.rickn8ornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-19578835019053203892009-03-28T21:12:00.000-05:002009-03-28T21:12:00.000-05:00I've got two of those round scars, as I immigrated...I've got two of those round scars, as I immigrated when I was little so got one in each country.Barbara Bruederlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476249934930666695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-49779501650470823592009-03-28T07:09:00.000-05:002009-03-28T07:09:00.000-05:00LOLOLOL! Excellent shot.LOLOLOL! Excellent shot.Carteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-31140507214190371982009-03-28T01:42:00.000-05:002009-03-28T01:42:00.000-05:00I was TB tested every six months in the army when ...I was TB tested every six months in the army when I was in Central America... The old Tine Test...<BR/><BR/>No TB here!<BR/><BR/>And I still have a very faint Polio vaccine scar...Thomas J Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222969433922908517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-1630857197444673292009-03-28T01:16:00.000-05:002009-03-28T01:16:00.000-05:00I wish you had taken a picture of the staff's face...I wish you had taken a picture of the staff's faces at that moment...that would have been EPIC!Christina RN LMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260505524676910667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-86972483938470581052009-03-27T23:14:00.000-05:002009-03-27T23:14:00.000-05:00I have to get one every six months. The ship I wor...I have to get one every six months. The ship I work on has Norwegian officers, a Filipino marine crew, and the people in the rocket segment are Russian and Ukrainian.<BR/>And they rotate every three months.<BR/>I'm constantly exposed to bugs from all 4 corners of the world.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-11503901937495937362009-03-27T20:49:00.000-05:002009-03-27T20:49:00.000-05:00Get em :-) At least you didn't have that, and typ...Get em :-) At least you didn't have that, and typhoid and yellow fever and tetanus all the same day... (that was standard just prior to deployments...)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-71827675952074999872009-03-27T17:33:00.000-05:002009-03-27T17:33:00.000-05:00HA that'll teach em to mess with ya huh Plemmy?s...HA that'll teach em to mess with ya huh Plemmy?<BR/>schnoobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-55992123216529113482009-03-27T14:18:00.000-05:002009-03-27T14:18:00.000-05:00*gigglesnort!**gigglesnort!*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-86973184955242934782009-03-27T13:40:00.000-05:002009-03-27T13:40:00.000-05:00hehe...you do have such an evil streak - love it! ...hehe...you do have such an evil streak - love it! <BR/>Seriously tho', living in a country where TB is a huge problem and people either won't get tested or won't finish the treatment, it's a good thing to have done every now and again just so you know you're still ok.jcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736961961261409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-45363446987082632502009-03-27T13:13:00.000-05:002009-03-27T13:13:00.000-05:00I always have a positive Mantoux test. I did clini...I always have a positive Mantoux test. I did clinicals in the old tuberculosis hospital back home, and quite a few of my patients had active TB. I make the antibodies. <BR/><BR/>Yes, it does freak people out when they read my test results. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Rabbit.Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-706444330813353772009-03-27T12:26:00.000-05:002009-03-27T12:26:00.000-05:00Okay, I'll ask the hard questions:Why would you ne...Okay, I'll ask the hard questions:<BR/>Why would you need a TB test? Have you been hanging out with winos at the Y? Have you been practicing safe blogging? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's been a least 40 years since I had the test, which they used to do at school. They'd line up the entire school and feed them through the TB test assembly line. I even had a friend that had more tests because they didn't like the way the spots looked after a few days. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, I've heard that the influx of people from south of the border has introduced a threat of exposure to diseases that damn near disappeared in the United States. It's another of the hidden costs associated with illegal immigration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-17931644372851793812009-03-27T09:58:00.000-05:002009-03-27T09:58:00.000-05:00i hate the TB dot-test. i work for a teaching hos...i hate the TB dot-test. i work for a teaching hospital, and while i'm no longer anywhere near patients, all employees MUST get this test annually.<BR/><BR/>it's annoying. i always slam my arm into things for a day or so after i get that little dot of scunge, so i end up with bruising. whee.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826932635166933072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-35399948518003198092009-03-27T09:57:00.000-05:002009-03-27T09:57:00.000-05:00Guy was an idiot. My last tine test was in 1987. ...Guy was an idiot. My last tine test was in 1987. Unfortunately I failed and I'm not allowed to take that test anymore. That reminds me, I need to get a chest x-ray done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-21218039046695037032009-03-27T08:34:00.000-05:002009-03-27T08:34:00.000-05:00I was born just at the right time where I don't ha...I was born just at the right time where I don't have the round scar on my arm from the innoculation.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550167783969561280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-70119690377229771212009-03-27T07:14:00.000-05:002009-03-27T07:14:00.000-05:00When I was young, my grandmother- the unreconstru...When I was young, my grandmother- the unreconstructed, aristo one- was diagnosed with tuberculosis. To me, born after the antibiotic revolution, it was like being diagnosed with a head cold.<BR/><BR/>But she was born in 1890. Until she was 60, TB was a lingering death sentence and the thing that was most likely to have killed her peers. It was, to her, what a pancreatic cancer or brain tumor diagnosis would have been to me. She absolutely abandoned expectation of life.<BR/><BR/>The penicillin cured her anyway, she never even spent a day off her feet. I believe she resented that for her remaining twenty years.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.com